He has since been charged with a further sexual assault which he has yet to
enter a plea to.

Mohammed Abdalsalam, 27, has admitted two sexual assaults, threatening
behaviour towards a police officer and theft of a bike.

Khaled El Azibi, 18, has yet to enter a plea to three charges of sexual assault
and one count of theft of a bicycle.

More than 300 cadets have been based at Bassingbourn Barracks in
Cambridgeshire since July.

The UK pledged to train 2,000 cadets in a 15-month programme after playing
a key role in the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

Soldiers from 3 Scots, the Black Watch, were teaching basic infantry skills. But
due to disciplinary problems at the base last week troops from 2 Scots, the
Royal Highland Fusiliers, had leave cancelled and were drafted in to help bring
the trainees under control.

Andrew Lansley, Tory MP for South Cambridgeshire, called for the project to
be scrapped.

He said: "At the time of our commitment - along with other G8 states - to
support Libya and to help train the Libyan troops, I was supportive of this as a
good use of the base, and to contribute further to Libya's development.

"So it is with regret that I must now say that it has not worked as we had
hoped.

"It is clear that the stipulation that there was to be no unauthorised exit from
the base has not been adhered to, and the consequences have been
unacceptable.

"As I have today expressed to MoD, I now see no alternative but to terminate
the contract and repatriate the trainees currently on the base.

"As this stands, no further groups of trainees could be brought here from
Libya."

Reports today suggested 20 of the soldiers may be trying to claim asylum in
the UK.

An MoD spokesman said: "Training was initially expected to last until the end
of November but we have agreed with the Libyan government that it is best
for all involved to bring forward the training completion date.

"The recruits will be returning to Libya in the coming days.

"And as part of our ongoing support for the Libyan government, we will
review how best to train Libyan security forces - including whether training
further tranches of recruits in the UK is the best way forward."

[Source: By Louie Smith and Virginia Newman, Mirror, London, 04Nov14]

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